| The desiderative form describes a wish. In other words "I
want something." or "I want to do something". In
Japanese separate constructions exist for "I want you to ...",
and "He wants."
欲しい (hoshii)
The verb 欲しい (hoshii) is used when you want an object or result.
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犬が欲しいです。 (Inu ga hoshii
desu.)
I want a dog. |
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If you want a result you will need the ren'youkei
+ てほしい (te hoshii). The ren'youkei + てほしい (te hoshii) is translated
as "I want you to ...".
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帰ってほしい。 (Kaette hoshii.)
I want you to come home. |
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Ren'youkei + たい (tai)
The ren'youkei
+ たい (tai) means "to want", and expresses the desire
to do something of the "first and second person": I, you,
or we. The auxiliary verb たい (tai) is a verbal adjective like ない
(nai) and is conjugated accordingly.
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見たかった。 (Mitakatta.)
I wanted to see it.
読みたいですか。 (Yomitai desu
ka.)
Do you want to read it? |
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Interestingly both が (ga) and を (wo) can be used for the object
of desire.
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刺身を食べたい。 (Sashimi wo
tabetai.)
I want to eat sashimi.
刺身が食べたい。 (Sashimi ga tabetai.)
I want to eat sashimi. |
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The Ren'youkei + たがる (tagaru)
The ren'youkei
+ たがる (tagaru) means "to want", and expresses the
desire of the "third person": He, she, it, or they. The
auxiliary verb たがる (tagaru) is a yodan katsuyou (or group 4) verb
and is conjugated accordingly.
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鈴木さんがパリを見たがった。 (Suzuki-san ga Pari wo
mitagatta.)
Mr. Suzuki wanted to see Paris.
将来に本を書きたがります。 (Shourai ni hon wo kakitagarimasu.)
She wants to write a book some day. |
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Related pages:
Ren'youkei
+たい (tai)
Ren'youkei
+たがる (tagaru)
Ren'youkei
+て (te) |
